Combined brush and polishing-pad



w. L. BENTON. l COMBINED BRUSH AND POvLISHlNG PAD.

l APPLICATION FILEDl OCT. 2,5, 1920. V M 1,369,404. Patented Feb.22,'1921.

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WILLIAM LOFTIE'DENTON, 0F SOUTHWICK, ENGLAND.

COMBINED BRUSH AND POLISHING-PAD.

Specification ofY Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application led October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,234;

To allftuhomz'tmag/ concern:

VBe it known that I, WILLIAM Lor'rm BENTON, subject of the King of GreatBritain. residing at Southwick, Sussex, (whose post-oilice address isSeaford House, Southview Road, Southwick, Sussex,) England, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in and Connected with CombinedBrushes and Polishing-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and usethe same.

This *inventionA relates to combined brushes and polishing pads moreparticularly intended for cleaning boots and shoes. The object of thepresent invention is to provide an improved device of the aboveVcharacter in which the polishing pad is nory 1 slde beyond the width ofthe slot Z and opmally positioned withinor againstv the body of thedevice when not in use.

According to this invention the polishing ing provided to prevent theextremity of the ypad from being drawn completely through the slot intothe interior of the casing.

full extent and wrapped around the face of the brush in which positionit is maintained by the pressure of the hand against the han- Uponreleasing the strip the f same is automatically wound around its rollerby the spring means aforesaid.

v In order that the invention may be clearly understood a. practicalapplication of the same Will now be described by aid of the accompanyingdrawings in which z- Figure 1 is a side elevatinyin part section of acombined brush and polishing pad according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is anend elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is al view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the polishing band fullyextended and covering surface of lower brush. y

The device illustrated n the drawings In use the pad stripis pulledioutto its' comprises three brushes a b and c, the backs a b" and c of whichare so arranged and secured together as to constitute a recess d whichrecess is completely inclosed by a l metal covering plate e.

Disposed within the recess el is a roller f the pivots g of which aresupported within recesses -L formedin the backs a and c of the brushesai` and c. The movement in onev Vdirection of the roller f is controlledby an axially disposed spring z' the extremities of such spring beingconnected to the roller andthe adjacent brush back c respectively.

The polishing band j is wound upon this roller and the free end kextends through a longitudinal slot Z formed in the side of the metalcovering plate e. The longitudinal 4edge of this `free e'n'da isconstituted by a length of wire or itsA equivalent m the extremities mof whichextend on each erate as stops to. prevent the band from beingdrawn completely in through the slot vZ into the interior of therecessd.

A ring or other handle n is provided Vto facilitate the withdrawal ofthe band from its roller.

In operation the band'is Vwithdrawn. and wrapped laround the face of thebrush b as shown in Fig. 4 in which position it isl maintained by thepressure of the fingers when holding the device for polishing.

Havingnow particularly described and ascertained the naturer of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare thatwhat I claim is In va combined brush'and polisher, the combination of ahollow body of inverted U-shape cross section having its ends closed andprovided with a longitudinal slit in one side. a brush head closing vthebottom of the body, a spring rollerwithin the body` rotatably supportedby the ends of said body, and a polishing strip Wound upon the rollerand adapted tobe drawn through the slit for operative application acrossthe brush head closing the bottom ofthe body.

kIn Witnessl whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo Wit'- IleSSeS.

